diff --git a/backend/src/bin/embassyd.rs b/backend/src/bin/embassyd.rs
index 6aed68cde..b9d693c8f 100644
--- a/backend/src/bin/embassyd.rs
+++ b/backend/src/bin/embassyd.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use embassy::net::mdns::MdnsController;
 use embassy::net::tor::tor_health_check;
 use embassy::shutdown::Shutdown;
 use embassy::system::launch_metrics_task;
+use embassy::util::logger::EmbassyLogger;
 use embassy::util::{daemon, Invoke};
 use embassy::{static_server, Error, ErrorKind, ResultExt};
 use futures::{FutureExt, TryFutureExt};
@@ -288,6 +289,8 @@ fn main() {
         )
         .get_matches();
 
+    EmbassyLogger::init();
+
     let cfg_path = matches.value_of("config");
 
     let res = {